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sell both buy golden age batman.......

Great! --- figured it would be low - but cannot find any real reference to the title anywhere, lol... Only thing it might have going for it is rarity. I do not use them for much more than cover images -- but comic price guide deos not even have a reference for them ( nothing under the Ajax publisher, lol) - the image was from MCS - who have none in stock. I might have missed it - but not even in overstreet.....

purchased as - Captain America #58 Cgc 7.0 awesome transaction

ugh - sorry to hear - glad you are protected, though....

Friend has this book - cannot really find any data on it - any idea of value in a 4.0?

the show report - part 1!!!! I run this show every year - this is my third. Like others have said, this was a down year for attendance. The past 2 years - they ran the week after wizard world. This time - much later. I was hoping for more "comic" people because of this - but no... Even the casual looker ( last couple of years had a lot of the kids buying) was down..... My goals for this show - generally are to move lower end books. I do not need to move the high priced items here. I still bring a selection and some decent high end items, but I would rather take in less overall $$$ and clear dollar bins. Loading.., Part of the plan to make load/unload and storage easier was the use of dollies. Got a good deal on them - and they can roll straight into the storage unit when done. Only 2 problems...stcaking 4 high ( as seen here ) - is tough to manage even with the pallet wrap. The comic boxes are slick - so even wrapped they shift a lot. Also - I got the ones with the smaller wheels.... I did not need the large wheels for the weight - so I decided to save the $5.. bad idea - as the smaller wheels are tougher to get up and down the ramp. Especially for one person ( load in of the truck was just me,,,,) , I did manage to make it work. Used strapping with the pallet wrap to prevent shifting. Here is the loaded truck.... About 160 shortboxes full. Just a tad to much for my booth size - ended up not being able to bring out ~ 6 boxes total ( after reloading). Had help for the unload - but with the wheeled stacks - was very quick. Everything out and the truck outside the building in less than an hour. getting stuff set up....... The front was back issues - one side with sets and trades - back wall and other side was all "dollar" and $2 bins. Majority of the low tier stock was from a single large purchase. I had already pulled any value books out - so into the digging bins.... Friday night - the show runners call this a preview night. Last year, they had some vendor backlash as many complained they were not allowed to open ( only about 20 of us were open last year). They should have talked to those of us who were there... Not a lot of business during a dance party with the lights down. I adjusted my spots to give people some light. I made more money from dealers before the "preview" started. Since I was set up last year for this, I was prepped with flashlights for people so not a total loss. I would think that next year, things may shift again to a lower amount of vendors setting up for Friday..... I think they had about the same amount of people there Friday night as last year, but they were much more spread out as the entire fairground was opened up..... On to Saturday. The "wall" books. For me - basically $15 and up comics - some keys, mostly smaller keys. Slabs - had a mix with some higher end. Decided to go with the dollars at 2 for 1 pretty much from the start. The booth next to me had 0.50 bins. I had a lot more stock - but enough of it was similar I did not want to turn box diggers away. SLOW start. Last year - they had a line to get in at the open. Not this year...... Not a lot of action until ~ 2:00. Say people digging through my neighbors bins - nobody at mine.... Some tire kickers looking at the slabs ( X Men 50 and my ASM 2 were looked at several times) ... Mental note for next year - show the dollar bins up front ( or have large signage) ... At ~ 2 - had a big sale. This is a person who has been at the other shows - comes in with a lot of cash and will deal on big slabs. He also will chew you don in price, lol.... Sold him my ASM 2 ( purple label - trimmed) and a lower end Marvel Boy ( purple label) .. I could have made the same $$$ in many places, but a good kick to the weekend. After that - things picked up. Sold a total of 5 slabs Saturday ( none Sunday) - but the others were lower tier. Silk 1, a 9.8 DC bombshell variant, and..... Punisher Meets Archie!!! (9.6),,,, The dollar bins ( or 2 for a dollar bins) ---- were being searched by many people pulling stacks for the rest of the day. Interesting conversation with on of the comic diggers. He came in late - and gave us some insight as to why the crowds were down. He is a dealer at other shows - apparently this weekend had a Saturday comic centric show close by (Milwaukee??) - as well as toy related shows. He also said that Count-i-Con was not known for being a comic selling show (no idea on that one, but I do know that one of the local comic shops sets up with only games and pops -- so there may be something to this) ... In any case - glad to get books moving out the door. The big three - me in the middle, on the left is a friend who helps me every year (big props - he is the reason why I actually started doing this show) - and artist Chuck Fiala. Chuck has been sketching at my booth all three years. Chuck in action - he was making a quick sketch for a fan. Was a cool moment for us watching - someone came by and was looking at the portfolio. She recognized ( and loved) his work - but did not realize he was the artist right away. When she found out - FANGIRL!!!!! ( was so cool to see him make her day like that) .... A sketch he did for my daughter - going to be a Christmas gift for her boyfriend. He did a Harley sketch cover for me - that and another he did for me are at voldy for slabbing. Voldy - had a setup there with a couple of people - they actually were pretty happy with the weekend. Several boxes submitted - along with sketch covers. Glad for that - I did not really think this show would be that good fro them, but the dealers there probably gave them enough business to make it worthwhile. cosplay winner - we have away a couple of gift certificates for the contests. She spent like an hour at the booth looking for comics for her and her friends. Sunday... Started slow again. Picked up at ~ 2:00. Dropped out prices across the board to clear items out ( and we were reasonable to start) ... Sets were 2 for 1, bins 4 for a dollar, back issues buy one get one free.... They were only open noon to 5 but we did manage to do about 50% of Saturdays haul ( and half of Saturday was the ASM 2)...... This is the prize we donate every year to the kids cosplay winners - a sketch of the kids in their costume! That is about all! teardown went smooth. Only issue with offloading back to the storage unit was the rain. Not pouting --- but enough to make the ramp slick so I had to go slow.... All in all a good show. Many repeat customers - and many questions about where my "store" is. I like that - I want to have the professional look even if I do not have a B&M. Also a lot of questions about when and where I will set up next.... The only disappointment is that I did not beat last years tally. My layout and stock was better this year - just the shopper count was down. The issues are now a lot more organized and packed - so it will be easier for me to pick and choose smaller local shows and run a single table efficiently. Later!!!!! Dave

I ran them 2 for 1 on Saturday - four for one Sunday. For most of the stock - it was the first time I had it out. Note that I do NOT do many shows - I really was trying to move books. Still have a lot of good stock in there. At .25 a book ---- very low margin, but I do NOT care. Just unloaded at the storage unit this morning, still packed TIGHT (I had a ton of the drek at the house, so it is good to get that out at the "annex"). I may go to one of the smaller shows in the areas-- talking with some of the box diggers there- general opinion in the area ( according to them) - is that this is not that well known as a comic selling event...... And it really did seem that way. At 4-1, I of course had a lot of the dealers there picking. Will have a better report later in the week -- overall I did the same as last year ( in the same sized booth). Disappointing in a way - as I was able to plan out the space better this year and brought a lot more to sell. BUT -- not disappointing I would say that I had much more traffic than the other comic booths. My buddy who helps me was scanning the area a lot, and even the other group that had 4 for a dollar - were nowhere near as busy. The crowd seemed a lot smaller this year - and even my sets and such that were buy one get one free --- only moved a little ( and I expected to move a ton of that). Sold 5 slabs - including a spidey 2 ( restored) -

Count I Con - lake county Illinois was my 1st and regular con - I need to set up at more of these ( but a smaller layout) - as I have a lot of general stock getting a second wind - good thing as I need to print new box labels The three day - actually works well for me. We get load in on Thursday - and you are able to drive into the floor as long as there is room. I go in early - to be sure I can drop inside. Friday night - is sort of a wasted one for the vendors. I do not mind as I am a local and have no real travel time. But it is slow. I get more business from the other vendors than from customers. Most are kicking tires or there for the costume party. But always good to network. My space is great - but being near the dance floor sucks. The dim the lights in my area- I had managed to re-position my floods - head on you could at least see the wall books. Got some light around the back row - so the bargain diggers could see. Cosplay winner - as far as attendance , just was not as busy Saturday noon - to 2:30 ish. There was another comic centric con in Milwaukee I believe - more of a full on comic show. Count i con - lots of pop culture there too - even though I am pretty sure there were more comic booths this year than in the previous two. Ended up decent - about 50% of the $$ was from that once sale, though. Hopefully the bigger sale will clear out even more of the low end.

If you have a business page - you can "boost" any post - you pay a fee and they ensure your post is seen by an additional "XXX" people - that are not already "likes" - I believe "reached" - is the number of people that click on the post. Organic- is the people already liking or following - paid is those that you gained from the boost... Beat ... Just beat now,... The show is definitely different than last year - Friday night was pretty useless, but it is supposed to be more of a preview night anyway, Saturday started real slow - some early low key sales. Definitely a lot fewer people through the door than last year. Was disappointed but then things started to hit. Sold some small slabs ( Silk , DC bombshell, Punisher meets Archie) - but then a big $$$ score. Had a spidey 2 restored - guy bought that and a marvel boy restored. Probably not any better than I would have gotten here or on the bay after the juice - but still a nice chunk of change. After that - the dollar bin divers came out of the woodwork. ( and we were running them 2 for one - as I really just want to clear that stock out). Repeat customer comes in at the ned and is pulling lots of $2 and $3 books as well ( $150 total sale to him at close)... Had a guy rifle through and pick up like 20 caps too ( ranging $3 to $7 a pop)... Sundays at this show are sometimes strange - they have a couple of kids based activities so you get a lot of families. Bargain bins are going to 4 for $1 and most back issues and sets 2 for 1. Want to really lighten the load. Will have pics later - got to make new signage and pick out a couple more slabs for tomorrow..... And ice the knees!!!! later dave

You can, but only in the same year. US tax code is stacked against collectors. You are expected to pay taxes on any gains from collectibles, but at your marginal ordinary income rate. Collectible gains are not treated as capital gains regardless of how long you held the asset. You may write off losses against any gain taken in a given year if those losses are incurred in the same year. You may not use those losses against other capital g Pretty sure this is the case --- they let you offset the collectible profits and loss against each other. It is a pain - but if you do this a lot - even as a side job - it is beneficial to run as a business. You really cannot claim losses constantly - but you can offset more against the gains for items like bags/boards and grading fees....

glad you are back!

they reprinted the books all of the time - look at the back cover - that is where they list all available books. If you have issue 50 - and the list goes up to 75, then you have a reprint - would be called issue 50 HRN 75

This should take you to a map and list of all vendors..... https://counticon.coldwar.us/the-floor/

Apologies if I miss anyone - this is who I see I see me ( Funky Catz Comics ) Dreamland ( local shop has some neat stuff) Ken's. - another local B&M store Comic Wreck AOD Austin's comics cagey comics comics against cancer fractal comics hocrux comics happy day comics jar of comics outer space comics Tango comics probably missing some - I was looking for names with "comics" - some speciaLiza as well

For me - it is that outlet for selling the items that do NOT go over well on ebay. Lots of profit in the dollar books - but a waste to move the on the bay as they occupy a lot of time to pack and ship ( and bulk shipping rates kill trying to move large lots). By Sunday - I will likely sell by the pound to get them out the door - as I then have more $$ and room for the next collection ( and have a friend looking to move a significant one after the show). Have over 100 shortboxes pulled with reloads for this weekend. I also will have a decent mix of wall books and back issues - but most of the premium items will stay at home as I do not need to move them. I bring a selection to show that I have the goods ( and can always bring something of interest the followup days if this sparks a discussion). back to prep.....

I'd think he'd have to keep receipts for all of it and I'd think he'd have to have bought them as part of a business plan rather than for personal consumption. I can't imagine trying to claim my newspaper subscription, paperback purchases, cable TV, etc as a capital loss. USA/Canada will be different, but in the states - you would not be able to claim a loss unless you were officially registered as a business and had the records to prove it. It is not something you can claim after the fact. Also not something you can write off against other capital gains - but could be written off against other comic sales. Collectables are considered a hobby for individuals ( non business) so they are treated different than an investment. The fun part of the tax code -is that if you sell for a profit.... they want a piece of that. Small time collectors and such - probably fly under the radar - but something like the Burk collection that was brought to auction recently - will have a big tax bill along with the $$$ ( depending on what he paid for the collection of course) ....

awesome! my turn to threadjack.... Count I Con is around the corner ( really my main con) ---- my third year there.... Last year I had an open design - with the pole in the middle, - I get the same spot this year. Chuck Fiala is at my booth again - so I need a spot for him as well. Right side was the bargain bins ( dollar and two dollar)_ left side sets -- middle back issues. Wall books in back with table in front to block access. Worked well. This year - going for an open design. Should have more surface area. I have reloads for the cheapies so they will be on special quick. Instead of a drape wall in the back with banners- I am only setting the frame up in the center of the booth with banners. v Opening so we can get in - will be blocked off. Back wall - will be all dollar and $2 books -side is the sets and tpb. Front will be Chuck and back issues. Wall books behind that. Table in back for storage. Currently - 60 boxes ( shortboxes) of old " bargan" stock. 42 fresh stock. Reloads if I need it ( though no bag and board). About a box of treasuries. Back issues/wall - three new boxes pulled and priced. Probably 20+ hidden away that I have to locate.... Will bring one box of slabs - mixture of items. A couple of high end that go in the locked display. Still pulling more - will stop after tomorrow and worry about packing for load in.....

Actually, the Mighty Con is a pretty go Count I Con is next weekend...........

- I will give you first crack at that one when it gets back from CGC.... I do have a low grade BATB 28 that you might be interested in

THANKS! - find it interesting to see the REAL process one should go through. I hear people talk about "appraisals" all of the time - but they are really just using an excuse to go see a collection and make an offer.....

Curious - what does it take to be an accredited appraiser? - I assume this would be related to insuring collections. Wondering what level of hoops you have to jump through.

if you have general ideas of what you are looking for -- let me know and I will be on the lookout for them when I pull the new "old" stock. I usually hold back a lot of the higher grade stuff for ebay unless I have a reason to bring it. I will also not be the only one there with good books - I just do not know if Matt is showing up again --- he had a much bigger "wall" selection at fair prices. Others may be hit or miss. One guy at the booth was funny - I had a Rom 1 listed for like $15 - he was in shock that someone else had one for $80 ... of course neither one sold that day .....

...And with the color touch on the front the chances of that being authentic are??? if they are actually related..... just thought it was interesting that there is a possible Eisner sig on the book.....

purple label - but something else pretty interesting, no???? Will Eisner?

- never really noticed that before..... I looked up the book reg on cgc - jut thought it was funny that the registration listed "COVER TRIMMED" as a pedigree........